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The Thrill

11-21-2018, 09:17 PM

UTES
EFF
+/-
MISS VALLEY ST
EFF
RANK

Donnie Tillman

Parker Van Dyke

Jayce Johnson

Timmy Allen

Charles Jones Jr

Novak Topalovic

Riley Battin

Brandon Morley

Vante Hendrix

Sedrick Barefield

Brooks King

Marc Reininger

Beau Rydalch

27

19

15

13

13

11

11

9

3

1

1

0

-2

+9.0

+9.3

+6.0

+3.7

+8.7

-1.7

+6.0

+6.0

-6.0

-6.3

+0.7

+0.0

-1.3

Dante Scott

Emmanuel Ejeh

Michael Green

Aleksa Koracin

Tereke Eckwood

Torico Simmons

Patrick Rucker

Gregory Holloway

LaCurtis Allen

Lorenzo Hunt

Marcus Mitchell

Zachary Barnes

Kaleb Allison

Jordan Evans

19

13

13

10

4

4

1

1

1

1

0

-1

-2

-8

3

7

8

12

17

18

The Thrill

11-21-2018, 09:21 PM

Player
Team
FG
FT
3P
Reb
Ast
TO
Stl
Blk
Pts
Eff

1
Jordan Murphy
@Minnesota
4/5
3/3
0/1
17
5
2
1
1
11
32

2
Gabe Kalscheur
@Minnesota
6/8
2/2
5/6
2
1
1
0
0
19
19

3
Dante Scott
Ms Valley St
5/10
5/5
3/4
5
2
2
1
0
18
19

4
Daniel Oturu
@Minnesota
6/9
1/2
0/0
3
0
2
2
4
13
16

5
Isaiah White
Maine
9/17
3/4
3/6
3
1
4
0
0
24
15

6
Amir Coffey
@Minnesota
5/11
3/5
1/3
2
6
2
1
0
14
13

7
Emmanuel Ejeh
Ms Valley St
4/6
2/4
0/0
6
1
2
1
1
10
13

8
Michael Green
Ms Valley St
4/9
0/0
2/3
3
2
1
3
1
10
13

9
Terion Moss
Maine
4/10
1/2
4/9
2
3
1
1
0
13
11

10
Dupree McBrayer
@Minnesota
3/8
4/6
1/3
2
6
1
0
0
11
11

11
Vilgot Larsson
Maine
3/10
2/3
1/4
7
2
1
1
0
9
10

12
Aleksa Koracin
Ms Valley St
5/9
0/0
0/0
5
1
2
0
0
10
10

13
Andrew Fleming
Maine
2/6
0/1
1/3
6
3
2
2
0
5
9

14
Sergio El Darwich
Maine
3/6
0/0
0/3
0
4
0
2
0
6
9

15
Vincent Eze
Maine
0/2
2/2
0/0
2
1
1
3
2
2
7

16
Matz Stockman
@Minnesota
2/3
0/0
0/0
2
0
0
0
2
4
7

17
Tereke Eckwood
Ms Valley St
3/6
0/0
0/2
1
2
2
0
0
6
4

18
Torico Simmons
Ms Valley St
2/5
0/0
1/1
0
2
0
0
0
5
4

19
Miks Antoms
Maine
1/4
0/0
0/1
2
2
3
0
2
2
2

20
Jarvis Omersa
@Minnesota
1/3
0/0
0/0
1
1
1
0
0
2
1

The Thrill

11-21-2018, 09:23 PM

Player
Team
FG
FT
3P
Reb
Ast
Stl
Blk
TO
Pts
Eff

1
Donnie Tillman
Mississippi Valley
5/8
0/0
2/5
9
7
1
3
0
12
27

2
Vante Hendrix
@Minnesota
4/6
4/5
2/4
4
4
0
0
0
14
19

3
Parker Van Dyke
Mississippi Valley
6/9
0/0
4/7
3
2
1
1
1
16
19

4
Donnie Tillman
Maine
6/8
1/1
2/3
5
1
1
0
0
15
18

5
Timmy Allen
Maine
2/4
2/2
0/0
6
6
1
2
0
6
17

6
Novak Topalovic
Maine
3/3
3/6
0/0
10
2
1
0
0
9
17

7
Sedrick Barefield
Maine
5/14
6/6
2/7
2
8
5
1
0
18
15

8
Jayce Johnson
Mississippi Valley
4/4
0/0
0/0
6
0
0
0
1
8
15

9
Timmy Allen
Mississippi Valley
4/11
4/5
1/1
6
3
1
0
0
13
13

10
Charles Jones Jr
Mississippi Valley
4/5
0/0
4/5
2
2
2
0
0
12
13

11
Novak Topalovic
Mississippi Valley
2/5
3/3
0/0
5
0
0
0
2
7
11

12
Riley Battin
Mississippi Valley
4/6
2/4
2/4
1
2
0
0
0
12
11

13
Parker Van Dyke
Maine
4/6
0/0
3/5
2
0
2
1
0
11
10

14
Novak Topalovic
@Minnesota
4/7
5/7
0/0
3
0
2
0
1
13
10

15
Donnie Tillman
@Minnesota
3/9
2/2
1/4
9
0
4
1
0
9
9

16
Brandon Morley
Mississippi Valley
2/2
1/2
2/2
3
1
1
0
0
7
9

17
Both Gach
@Minnesota
2/3
1/2
2/2
1
2
0
0
0
7
8

18
Jayce Johnson
Maine
2/5
0/2
0/0
8
0
2
0
2
4
7

19
Sedrick Barefield
@Minnesota
5/15
2/2
2/6
2
2
2
0
0
14
6

20
Vante Hendrix
Maine
2/5
0/0
1/4
3
0
1
1
0
5
5

21
Jayce Johnson
@Minnesota
2/3
0/1
0/0
4
0
2
0
1
4
5

The Thrill

11-21-2018, 09:27 PM

UTAH UTES

GO UTES!

Min
FGM
FGA
3PM
3PA
FTM
FTA
OFFR
DEFR
REB
AST
TO
STL
BLK
PF
PTS
EFF
FG%
TP%
FT%
AST/TO

Maine

200
27
55
8
24
13
19
10
32
42
18
14
7
3
14
75
97
49.1%
33.3%
68.4%
1.29

@Minnesota
@
200
24
60
7
21
14
19
11
23
34
10
12
3
2
19
69
65
40.0%
33.3%
73.7%
0.83

Miss Valley

200
35
68
17
36
11
18
13
31
44
23
10
4
5
15
98
124
51.5%
47.2%
61.1%
2.30

Green = Season Best Red = Season worst

UTAH OPPONENTS

OPPONENTS

Min
FGM
FGA
3PM
3PA
FTM
FTA
OFFR
DEFR
REB
AST
TO
STL
BLK
PF
PTS
EFF
FG%
TP%
FT%
AST/TO

Maine

200
22
55
9
26
8
12
5
21
26
16
9
4
12
18
61
73
40.0%
34.6%
66.7%
1.78

@Minnesota
@
200
29
56
7
19
13
18
7
27
34
20
11
4
7
19
78
100
51.8%
36.8%
72.2%
1.82

Miss Valley

200
24
63
6
17
9
14
9
24
33
12
12
6
3
17
63
61
38.1%
35.3%
64.3%
1.00

DIFFERENCE

DIFFERENCE

FGM
FGA
3PM
3PA
FTM
FTA
OFFR
DEFR
REB
AST
TO
STL
BLK
PF
PTS
EFF
FG%
TP%
FT%
AST/TO

Maine

5
0
-1
-2
5
7
5
11
16
2
5
3
-9
-4
14
24
9.1%
-1.3%
1.8%
-0.49

@Minnesota

-5
4
0
2
1
1
4
-4
0
-10
1
-1
-5
0
-9
-35
-11.8%
-3.5%
1.5%
-0.98

Miss Valley

11
5
11
19
2
4
4
7
11
11
-2
-2
2
-2
35
63
13.4%
11.9%
-3.2%
1.30

The Thrill

11-23-2018, 12:51 PM

UTES
EFF
+/-
HAWAI'I
EFF
RANK

Donnie Tillman

Riley Battin

Both Gach

Jayce Johnson

Parker Van Dyke

Timmy Allen

Vante Hendrix

Sedrick Barefield

Brandon Morley

Novak Topalovic

Charles Jones Jr

15

14

13

10

9

8

7

2

0

-2

-3

-2.3

+6.8

+6.8

+0.8

-0.5

-1.0

-1.5

-4.0

-2.3

-11.0

-5.5

Jack Purchase

Brocke Stepteau

Drew Buggs

Eddie Stansberry

Sheriff Drammeh

Mate Colina

Dawson Carper

Samuta Avea

Owen Hulland

Zigmars Raimo

24

24

14

12

11

11

6

3

1

0

2

3

8

12

15

16

Utah was a 9 point favorite in this game, I really thought Utah would dominate on the inside.
Credit to Hawai'i, they used Purchase to be a three point threat and rendered Topalovic useless in this game.
Utah had to put the more mobile (it's a relative word) Johnson and Battin in over Topalovic and the Utah inside game went broke.

Utah had a season high 29 personal fouls, granted most of those were in the final 5 minutes but credit Hawai'i again, 89.3% from the line 25/28
On the flip side Utah was 20/29 at 69%. It's only 5 points but that would've been huge when they cut it to 7.
Hawai'i only had 8 turnovers 1 out of 8 possessions.
In both Utah losses they've allowed over 50% from the field. (51.8% Minnesota 52.8% Hawai'i)

Utah has to do a better job forcing turnovers. They have only had more steals vs their opponent against Maine +3

The turning point in this game was with 6:00 left in the first half. Tied at 23 Hawai'i went on a 20-8 run to finish the half which proved to be the difference in the ball game.
During that time this is what happened.

Utah allowed 9 points off of made three pointers and 4 points on two point buckets plus 3 free throws
Utah had 3 turnovers
Utah had 4 fouls
Utah went 6/8 from the foul line and had 1 basket and missed 3 shots
If it weren't for Hendrix 3/3 from the line it would've been a lot worse.

This is a young Utah team and they looked sloppy and lazy until they were in desperation mode. The run to end the game should've been Utah's intensity all game. They took a 23 point deficit to 7 but again, credit Hawai'i for hitting their free throws.

Below is an graph depicting the lead margin for Hawai'i
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UTEopia

11-23-2018, 03:05 PM

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The Thrill

11-24-2018, 09:55 AM

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The Thrill

11-24-2018, 11:16 AM

UTES
EFF
+/-
GRAND CYN
EFF
RANK

Sedrick Barefield

Donnie Tillman

Riley Battin

Both Gach

Parker Van Dyke

Novak Topalovic

Timmy Allen

Jayce Johnson

Charles Jones Jr

Brandon Morley

22

15

13

12

8

6

4

2

0

-3

+12.8

-1.8

+4.6

+4.6

-1.2

-2.4

-4.0

-5.8

-2.0

-4.2

Trey Drechsel

Tim Finke

Alessandro Lever

Damari Milstead

Oscar Frayer

Michael Finke

Carlos Johnson

Matt Jackson

Gerard Martin

12

10

7

7

6

5

5

4

1

12

18

23

23

27

29

29

31

36

I couldn't watch this game so I'm going strictly off of numbers. Snow knocked out Dish

This game appeared to have been slowed down and a much better defensive output for the Utes.

14 turnovers was a season high for a Utah opponent.
19/44 from the field, both season lows.
24 rebounds, season low
2 steals allowed, season low,
1 block tied season low.
62 possessions, season low
2 turnovers every 9 possessions, season low

Interesting note, both Hawai'i and Grand Canyon went 9/24 from deep. The big difference was +6 turnovers and -9 made shots overall.
Utah held the Antelopes to 43.2% shooting. Season average allowed is 45%

For Utah they had a bunch of season lows as well, possessions, shots, rebounds but made a season high 86.4% from the line 19/22
That brings their season FT% up to 72% (weak)

Utah shot 50% from the field for only the second time this year. Under 49% and Utah is 0-2. Over 49% and they are 3-0

You can see below, Utah never trailed and it was only tied once at 0-0

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The Thrill

11-25-2018, 07:55 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
NORTHWESTERN
EFF
RANK

Timmy Allen

Novak Topalovic

Sedrick Barefield

Donnie Tillman

Riley Battin

Jayce Johnson

Brandon Morley

Parker Van Dyke

Both Gach

Marc Reininger

Beau Rydalch

Lahat Thioune

Charles Jones Jr

12

12

9

8

7

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

-2

+3.3

+3.0

-0.2

-7.3

-1.2

-4.8

+0.7

-6.8

-6.2

0.0

+0.3

0.0

-3.3

Vic Law

Dererk Pardon

Anthony Gaines

Ryan Taylor

Miller Kopp

A.J. Turner

Pete Nance

Barret Benson

Jordan Ash

Ryan Greer

19

17

12

9

8

6

6

1

0

-1

#4

#7

#14

#24

#27

#32

#32

Anybody know where Vante Hendrix is?

Northwestern made 10 three pointers and picked up 12 offensive rebounds.
Utah had no defense or hustle. Ball game.

The Wildcats also shot 47.6% from deep (Utah had been allowing 38% and 8 makes).
On the positive Northwestern had 12 assists and 15 turnovers.
Now onto Utah, Utah had 9 assists and 21 turnovers. 1/3 possessions was a turnover. 1/7 is the goal.
The assist to turnover was .43, counter that with 2.3 versus Miss Valley St (23 assists, 10 turnovers)

Worst game across the board for Utah. This team lacks leadership and it was evident today.
When Utah got down, nobody stood up. When Utah needed some fire, everybody looked at each other.

I miss Bibbins and Collette. Those guys had fire and energy, this team has none.

The one positive is Utah shot better from the line +16% (16/19 for Utah 15/22 for NW)

I found it interesting that despite the very slow start, the teams combined for the best shooting night of the season. 48.9% combine 45/92
This was the worst game of the year....until they go to Kentucky. Suddenly I'm not looking forward to that game.

You can see below, Utah gave up the lead with about 10 min in the first half and never recovered.
The second half was all Northwestern.

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The Thrill

11-25-2018, 07:58 PM

Player
Team
FG
FT
3P
Reb
Ast
TO
Stl
Blk
Pts
Eff

#1
Jordan Murphy
@Minnesota
4/5
3/3
0/1
17
5
2
1
1
11
32

#2
Jack Purchase
*Hawai'i
4/9
4/4
2/7
9
5
0
1
0
14
24

#2
Brocke Stepteau
*Hawai'i
5/8
12/13
2/3
0
5
1
0
0
24
24

#4
Gabe Kalscheur
@Minnesota
6/8
2/2
5/6
2
1
1
0
0
19
19

#4
Dante Scott
Ms Valley St
5/10
5/5
3/4
5
2
2
1
0
18
19

#4
Vic Law
*Northwestern
7/14
1/2
4/6
6
1
1
0
2
19
19

#7
Dererk Pardon
*Northwestern
5/5
4/7
1/1
4
3
5
1
2
15
17

#8
Daniel Oturu
@Minnesota
6/9
1/2
0/0
3
0
2
2
4
13
16

#9
Isaiah White
Maine
9/17
3/4
3/6
3
1
4
0
0
24
15

#10
Drew Buggs
*Hawai'i
4/8
0/0
2/5
2
5
0
1
0
10
14

The Thrill

11-25-2018, 07:59 PM

Player
Team
FG
FT
3P
Reb
Ast
Stl
Blk
TO
Pts
Eff

#1
Donnie Tillman
Mississippi Valley
5/8
0/0
2/5
9
7
1
3
0
12
27

#2
Sedrick Barefield
*Grand Canyon
9/16
4/5
4/8
2
3
1
0
0
26
22

#3
Vante Hendrix
@Minnesota
4/6
4/5
2/4
4
4
0
0
0
14
19

#3
Parker Van Dyke
Mississippi Valley
6/9
0/0
4/7
3
2
1
1
1
16
19

#5
Donnie Tillman
Maine
6/8
1/1
2/3
5
1
1
0
0
15
18

#6
Timmy Allen
Maine
2/4
2/2
0/0
6
6
1
2
0
6
17

#6
Novak Topalovic
Maine
3/3
3/6
0/0
10
2
1
0
0
9
17

#8
Sedrick Barefield
Maine
5/14
6/6
2/7
2
8
5
1
0
18
15

#8
Jayce Johnson
Mississippi Valley
4/4
0/0
0/0
6
0
0
0
1
8
15

#8
Donnie Tillman
*Hawai'i
5/11
6/9
0/4
9
0
1
0
0
16
15

#8
Donnie Tillman
*Grand Canyon
5/7
2/2
2/4
5
0
2
0
0
14
15

#12
Riley Battin
*Hawai'i
6/10
2/2
2/4
2
1
1
0
0
16
14

#13
Timmy Allen
Mississippi Valley
4/11
4/5
1/1
6
3
1
0
0
13
13

#13
Charles Jones Jr
Mississippi Valley
4/5
0/0
4/5
2
2
2
0
0
12
13

#13
Both Gach
*Hawai'i
3/7
3/3
1/4
5
3
2
1
0
10
13

#13
Riley Battin
*Grand Canyon
3/5
4/5
0/1
4
2
0
0
0
10
13

#17
Both Gach
*Grand Canyon
1/2
8/8
0/1
3
3
4
1
0
10
12

#17
Timmy Allen
*Northwestern
3/6
3/4
0/0
5
2
1
1
0
9
12

#17
Novak Topalovic
*Northwestern
4/4
0/0
0/0
5
0
1
0
0
8
12

#20
Novak Topalovic
Mississippi Valley
2/5
3/3
0/0
5
0
0
0
2
7
11

#20
Riley Battin
Mississippi Valley
4/6
2/4
2/4
1
2
0
0
0
12
11

The Thrill

12-02-2018, 10:05 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
TULSA
EFF
RANK

Jayce Johnson

Donnie Tillman

Both Gach

Timmy Allen

Novak Topalovic

Riley Battin

Sedrick Barefield

Parker Van Dyke

Charles Jones Jr

19

13

11

9

8

7

6

2

-1

+10.4

-2.0

+4.1

+0.3

-0.9

-1.0

-2.7

-5.0

-2.0

Jeriah Horne

Chris Barnes

Sterling Taplin

DaQuan Jeffries

Lawson Korita

Martins Igbanu

Elijah Joiner

Darien Jackson

Simon Falokun

Curran Scott

Zeke Moore

14

13

11

10

8

4

3

3

2

1

-3

#10

#12

#19

#24

#31

it appears K has found his 8-9 deep rotation.
This was the best defensive effort of the year.

32.2% from the field, 16.7% from deep and 39.9% effective shooting % for Tulsa, all season lows for Utah opponent
Tulsa was actually really efficient, they just couldn't shoot. 7 turnovers and 6 steals are both season bests for Utah opponent.

Tulsa attempted 69 shots, Utah opponents average 56.1 shots and 30 attempts from deep (season high), only making 5 (season low)
Tulsa only had 10 assists, season low for Utah opponent.

Utah on the other hand didn't play great but their shot defense won the game.
9 turnovers was a season low for Utah and 12 fouls was also a season low.
Utah struggled on the glass, even though JJ had a season high 12 rebounds, Utah only picked up 27.6% of offensive rebounding opportunities, need to be around 40%
They also only picked up 68.2% of the defensive boards, need to be above 80%. Meaning for every 10 opponents shots missed, Utah gets 8 rebounds.
Utah was out-rebounded by 7 rebounds, -9 offensive boards. They gave up way too many second chances.

Utah won this with defense and three point shooting. +20% from deep +5 makes. In a 5 point game, it's all the difference. Credit Both and Sed for going 7-15 combined from three.
It's really nice to see the game begin to slow down for Both, he's going to be a great player.

Charles Jones continues to be a disappointment, he is not Justin Bibbins.
In 1 game has CJJr been effective (Mississippi Valley). In the 7 games he's played he's had a negative efficiency in 4 games.
To his credit, he has 0 turnovers on the season, but only 3 assists...in 81 minutes

As you can see below, Utah never trailed. It's also obvious that the second have saw a lot more action than the first half.
Utah's biggest lead was 11 and the score was tied 2 times.
The turning point was a three point play by Timmy Allen with 5:38 to play. Tulsa was stuck on 47 points for 3 1/2 minutes where Utah took the lead to 11 and never looked back.

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The Thrill

12-08-2018, 10:54 PM

UTES
EFF
+/-
BYU
EFF
RANK

Riley Battin

Timmy Allen

Both Gach

Donnie Tillman

Sedrick Barefield

Jayce Johnson

Beau Rydalch

Novak Topalovic

Brandon Morley

Parker Van Dyke

Charles Jones Jr

16

12

10

8

5

3

3

1

0

-1

-4

+7.0

+2.9

+2.8

-6.1

-3.3

-4.9

+2.9

-6.9

-1.0

-7.0

-4.4

Yoeli Childs

TJ Haws

Zac Seljaas

Connor Harding

Luke Worthington

Dalton Nixon

Kolby Lee

Rylan Bergersen

Evan Troy

Nick Emery

Jahshire Hardnett

McKay Cannon

Gavin Baxter

39

23

18

7

6

3

1

0

0

-1

-2

-2

-2

#1

#5

#9

#36

Utah seems to not have an identity.
They appear to be just going through the motions, running the plays as designed but not reacting to defensive adjustments.
They still lack a floor leader. They're young, they'll get there....maybe.

BYU played a great game, Utah couldn't stop Yoeli and he went for a 39 efficiency. 13/16 from the field. 4/5 from the line, 11 rebounds only 1 turnover.
BYU had a season high for a Utah opponent with 30 defensive rebounds, Utah just couldn't get a board. Utah had a season low 21.2% of offensive rebounding opportunities. That number needs to be high 30% or low 40s% to be winning games.
BYU only had 17 fouls which tied a season low for Utah opponent. They also shot 92.9% from the line 13/14, season high.

Utah on the other hand couldn't do anything right. 36.5% from the field was a season low, 19/52 shots. 11/17 from the line was a season low in makes and attempts.
The 7 offensive rebounds was a season low, average is just below 10.
I mentioned the 21.2% of offensive rebounding opportunities. That means out of the 33 shots Utah missed, they only got the rebound 7 times.
BYU on the other hand was at 33.3% of offensive rebound opportunities. 30 missed shots, 10 offensive rebounds.

Utah was behind in almost every category. They were better from deep +3 makes and +6 attempts and +4.2% better
Plus Utah was -3 on fouls so there is that.

This was the second straight Utah game with a season low for total points at 133 and the 3rd straight under 140. Utah is obviously slowing the game down.
4th straight game under 130 total possessions.
The 31 personal fouls was a season low combined for a Utah game.

This game changed at the start of the second half. BYU took a 4 point lead at half to 17 in just under 6 minutes. Utah didn't even score until the 14:07 mark in the 2nd half.
The 15 point difference at the end proved to be the difference.

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It doesn't get easier. On the road to Rupp Arena next. UK is a 94% favorite to win. Probably UK -15 at tipoff.

Good luck Utes!

Old Standing ute

12-10-2018, 06:56 PM

I get that with a young team they need to focus on ball control so they slow it down, But they don’t have a Collette who they can throw it to at the end of the clock & he can create a shot. So they end up with a three, or Sedrick going 1 on everyone.
They do not see mismatches—several times Emery was guarding Timmy Allen, bu he did not get the ball.
Other than Gach when they run their motion/weave where the guards come all the way around & get the ball at the top of the key they do not increase in speed. Gach when he gets the ball accelerates and tries to turn the corner at the key & drive the lane. PVD & Sedrick are just killing time and nothing happens. East & west instead of north & south.

Battin & Gach are getting better. Allen & Tillman need to be more involved. Have them at the elbow on pick & roll, not Jayce or Novak or post them up. Those 4 plus Lahat are the future.

If Lahat recovers might be worth it for experience to play him this year.

The Thrill

12-15-2018, 10:01 PM

UTES
EFF
+/-
KENTUCKY
EFF
RANK

Both Gach
Jayce Johnson
Donnie Tillman
Timmy Allen
Riley Battin
Parker Van Dyke
Sedrick Barefield
Brandon Morley
Novak Topalovic
Charles Jones Jr

22
13
7
6
5
4
3
2
-1
-2

+13.1
+4.6
-6.3
-2.8
-3.6
-1.8
-4.7
+0.9
-7.9
-2.1

Keldon Johnson
Tyler Herro
Reid Travis
PJ Washington
Immanuel Quickley
EJ Montgomery
Jemarl Baker
Nick Richards
Ashton Hagans
Jonny David

24
16
15
13
11
7
6
3
2
0

#3
#12
#14
#18
#26

Pretty much what we expected except for Both Gatch playing awesome and JJ actually holding his own.
Everybody else forgot to show up.

Kentucky had 9 season highs for a Utah opponent.

34 made shots - season average allowed is 26.1
12 three point makes - season average allowed is 8.2
6 turnovers - Utah typically forces 10.2 turnovers
6 steals - tied season high (BYU, Tulsa, MS Vall St) - third straight game
10 fouls - Utah usually forces 18.7 fouls
58.6% from the field - Utah usually holds teams to 46.3%
57.1% from deep - Utah usually keeps teams under 36% - first time all year over 50%
69% effective FG percentage - Typical game is 53.5%
1/9 turnovers per possession - Utah usually forces 1 in every 6 possessions.

Utah did hold Kentucky to some season lows
8/12 from the free throw line - the refs swallowed their whistles most of the game
16 defensive rebounds was a season low for Utah opponent and 23 rebounds
Utah only allowed 53.3% of defensive rebounding opportunities, that's actually an awesome number.

As for Utah they had season lows in the following:
6/8 from the free throw line - again the refs forgot their whistles
18 defensive rebounds, when Kentucky only missed 24 shots this number is bound to be low.
59 possessions. Utah averages 65.3 possessions

Utah didn't play terrible and had a pretty good game efficiently they just turned the ball over too much and couldn't stop UK from scoring.
Utah was +8 on rebounds and +8.3% from the free throw line but it didn't come into play.
This game saw a season low 25 fouls (average is 36.0 fouls)
And 14/20 combined from the free throw line
This was also the best shooting game of the season, combined 58/112 51.8% - first game over 50% combined
Only 121 possessions in this game, season average is 130.7
34 combined defensive rebounds was also a season low, that happens when you shoot over 50%

Utah just needs to play better. They were careless with the ball, made some bad decisions and the game got away from them.
One huge point was when the ball rotated and Sed drove right back into the defense and got a turnover and foul.
The announcers were quick to judge him for not swinging the ball, Sed should know better than that and that's why Utah is suffering. Too much iso ball.

Goch was a very pleasant surprise, the guy was on today. Even that buzzer beater on the shot clock from 26 feet was a good shot. He will be fun to watch over the next few years.

Thanks to the awful ESPN timing of games I just found out that Utah was up 10-2 early. When ESPN finally decided to show the game it was 19-30 for Kentucky

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The Thrill

12-17-2018, 09:54 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
FLORIDA A&M
EFF
RANK

Parker Van Dyke
Timmy Allen
Sedrick Barefield
Jayce Johnson
Riley Battin
Beau Rydalch
Donnie Tillman
Both Gach
Marc Reininger
Brandon Morley
Novak Topalovic
Charles Jones Jr
Brooks King

24
20
19
17
13
10
8
3
1
0
-1
-2
-2

+16.4
+10.1
+10.2
+7.7
+4.0
+8.9
-4.8
-5.3
+0.9
-1.0
-7.1
-1.9
-1.9

Justin Ravenel
D.J. Jones
Rod Melton
M.J. Randolph
Nasir Core
Tracy Hector
Kamron Reaves
Bryce Moragne
Richard Anderson
Brendon Myles
Ifeanyi Umezurike

19
11
9
8
4
3
1
1
0
0
-1

#7
#27
#38
#42

Nothing like a little competition with some Rattlesnakes to energize the team.

PVD was on fire. 6/8 from three, sadly that might be all he has in him all season.
Sedrick 4/4 from three?? This team is pretty good....versus the MEAC

1 downside, Florida A&M got 7 steals. New season high. Utah only had 11 turnovers but 7 were steals.
Utah opponents were averaging 2.3 steals per game before Tulsa. That number is now up to 4.8 due to 25 steals in 4 games (6.3 steals per game)
Tillman, Goch and Topalovic need to play more consistent basketball. They should've had bit numbers tonight.
That's it for the bad.

Now the good. Florida A&M is a three point shooting team and Utah held them to 15 attempts (Utah opponents average 22 attempts)
3/4 from the free throw line - season lows
3 offensive rebounds / 14 defensive rebounds and 17 total rebounds, all season lows for Utah opponent.
Utah has been allowing over 10 offensive rebounds per game, they've only allowed 10 in the last two games. And that includes Kentucky who leads the nation
Utah has obviously focused on rebounding, Coach K loved to rebound. When/if Thioune gets back he will only make them stronger rebounders.
1 block was a season low for Utah opponent
59 efficiency tied the season low (Grand Canyon)
42.9% from the free throw line was a season low.

Utah was 22/29 from the free throw line, both season highs but still shy of the 85% season high (Grand Canyon 19/22)
12 fouls was a season low. Utah hasn't broken the 20 foul threshold since Grand Canyon (5 games) and 3 times under 15 fouls.
58.8% shooting was a season high 30/51 and effective FG% at 69.6% also a season high.
Utah was +21 on the boards and +8 on the offensive glass.
Utah actually attempted 4 less shots but made 3 more. +4/+10 from three. All keys to success.
Make more shots than your opponent and you should win. Crazy concept.

The 11 steals tied a season high combined. This was the 2nd straight game both teams combined to shoot over 50%. 57/106 for 53.8%
The 45% combined three point shooting was also a season high. 18/40

Utah has obviously improved the rebounding and slowed the game down. This was the 6th straight game under 130 possessions.
Utah games were averaging 137 possessions with a season high 145 vs MS Valley St....vs Florida A&M only 129 possessions.

Great rust remover tonight and another coming up vs Norther Arizona.

Utah never trailed and slowly pulled away as they should

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The Thrill

12-17-2018, 10:18 PM

Player
Team
E/40

1
Zion Williamson
DUKE
42.6

2
Brandon Clarke
GONZ
36.4

3
Nick Muszynski
BELM
35.3

4
Cameron Jackson
WOF
34.9

5
Matt Rafferty
FUR
34.4

6
Bol Bol
ORE
34.1

7
Ethan Happ
WIS
33.9

8
Yoeli Childs
BYU
33.8

9
Mike Daum
SDkSt
33.8

10
Grant Williams
TENN
33.5

11
Ja Morant
MURR
33.3

12
Chris Clemons
CAMP
32.9

13
Nick Ward
MSU
32.9

14
Daniel Gafford
ARK
32.7

15
Nick Mayo
EKY
32.4

16
Nathan Knight
W&M
32.0

17
Brian Beard Jr.
FIU
31.9

18
Bruno Fernando
UMD
31.9

19
Eric Carter
DEL
31.5

20
John Mooney
ND
31.2

The Thrill

12-17-2018, 10:20 PM

E/40
PLAYER

21.1
Jayce Johnson

18.9
Donnie Tillman

17.4
Timmy Allen

16.6
Novak Topalovic

15.7
Both Gach

15.4
Riley Battin

14.8
Parker Van Dyke

13.5
Beau Rydalch

12.2
Sedrick Barefield

7.0
Brandon Morley

1.3
Marc Reininger

-0.3
Charles Jones Jr

-1.7
Brooks King

The Thrill

12-22-2018, 10:37 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
Northern AZ
EFF
RANK

Riley Battin
Novak Topalovic
Sedrick Barefield
Timmy Allen
Donnie Tillman
Parker Van Dyke
Both Gach
Jayce Johnson
Brandon Morley
Charles Jones Jr
Beau Rydalch
Marc Reininger

18
16
15
11
11
10
7
6
3
0
0
-1

+8.2
+9.0
+5.6
+1.0
-1.6
+2.2
-1.2
-3.0
+1.8
+0.1
-1.0
-1.0

Brooks DeBisschop
Luke Avdalovic
Cameron Shelton
Bernie Andre
Carlos Hines
Nik Mains
Chris Bowling
Isaiah Thomas
Davon Bolton

24
11
10
9
5
1
1
-1
-4

#3
#28
#36

Utah held Northern Arizona to the lowest efficiency output of the season for a Utah opponent 58
2nd straight game under 60. Yes they were both inferior opponents and Utah should've rolled them, but positive is positive.

I actually liked the tech from JJ early in the game, didn't know that guy had fire in him.
It gave Topalovic a chance to play more and this is where he's good. He played against NAZ often over the past 3 years.

Utah had a season low 7 turnovers and 1:9 turnover ratio per possession. Highest of the year so far.
Assist to turnover was also a season high, 2.57. Utah averages 1.19 asst/to so this is a very positive sign.
Only MsValley State did Utah reach the 2:1 asst:to mark.
Only 2 blocks in the entire game, unless you count that foul on JJ early in the game.

Other than that this was a pretty ho-hum game. Utah did what it needed to do, got some quality minutes from bench. Rested players.
Tough game next week vs Nevada. I hope Hunty is rocking.

The turning point was at the 17 min mark of the 2nd half. PVD made a three, followed by a Battin three and a Topalovic Dunk. That pushed the lead from 8 to 16 and Utah never looked back.

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The Thrill

01-05-2019, 08:14 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
NEVADA
EFF
RANK

Sedrick Barefield
Donnie Tillman
Timmy Allen
Novak Topalovic
Jayce Johnson
Charles Jones Jr
Both Gach
Riley Battin
Parker Van Dyke

22
15
9
7
4
4
2
0
-1

+10.7
+1.2
-1.6
-0.1
-4.6
+2.9
-5.6
-8.3
-8.5

Caleb Martin
Jordan Caroline
Cody Martin
Jazz Johnson
Trey Porter
Tre'Shawn Thurman
Jordan Brown
Corey Henson

32
19
14
14
8
6
1
-1

#2
#10
#22
#22

Caleb Martin looks like a solid NBA player and he proved it.
6/16 from three. 11/23 overall.

Utah allowed 12 three point makes, highest since Kentucky.
Utah only forced 6 turnovers but allowed 7 steals. All three of those are a recipe for failure.

Utah actually rebounded well vs Nevada. 15 offensive rebounds but that also means they missed a lot of shots.
Only 1 steal for Utah and only 9 assists, tied a season low (Northwestern)

Utah made 7 less shots and took 8 less shots.
+11 on turnovers was the ball game.
Nevada shot 46% from three 3rd highest Utah has allowed all year

Both teams combined for 28 offensive rebounds which was a season high for a Utah game.
Not much else to talk about. Nevada just out played Utah.

You can see from the graph below, Utah was in it at halftime. The entire game the announcers kept saying "Nevada is a second half team", somebody should have told the Utes.

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The Thrill

01-05-2019, 08:35 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
ARIZONA ST
EFF
RANK

Donnie Tillman
Sedrick Barefield
Timmy Allen
Parker Van Dyke
Charles Jones Jr
Jayce Johnson
Novak Topalovic
Both Gach
Riley Battin

26
22
19
13
11
9
8
7
0

+12.2
+10.7
+8.4
+5.5
+9.9
+0.4
+0.9
-0.6
-8.3

Remy Martin
Zylan Cheatham
Rob Edwards
De'Quon Lake
Romello White
Luguentz Dort
Taeshon Cherry
Vitaliy Shibel
Elias Valtonen
Kimani Lawrence

26
18
14
12
10
9
1
0
0
-1

#4
#15
#22
#32

All I have to say is this is the team we've all been waiting for.
Unselfish, aggressive, smart and fundamental.
Maybe these guys have finally figured out that none of them are Lebron James and this is a team game.

Tillman and Allen were both 1 shy of their season high efficiency
PVD and Barefield got their 3rd highest
Charles Jones got his 2nd highest efficiency.
Utah as a team got their 2nd highest efficiency score at 116 (Ms Valley 124, Florida AM 113)

Utah had a season high 22 free throws (tied FlaAM) and 7 steals (tied Maine)
the 53.3% shooting from three was by far a season high. Previous high 47.2% (MsValley)
76 possessions was a season high, average is 65.8.

No real negatives to take from this game. ASU made 11 three's which is a lot (8.5 avg allowed for Utah)
Utah did have +5 turnovers, mostly 1st half and -2 on blocks but that's about it. Utah only had 7 offensive rebounds but they only missed 28 shots.

The teams combined for 9 season highs for a Utah game
59 shots made - avg 51.7
27 three pointers made - avg 17.9
58 three point attempts - avg 47.9
13 steals - avg 8.5
182 points - avg 149.2
208 efficiency - avg 163.3
46.6% from three - avg 37.4%
87.3% defensive rebounding opportunitites - avg 77.3%
151 possessions - avg 131.8

The bottom line is Utah won on the road in conference vs the team most people pick to win the league. Wow.

You can see below that at the 10 minute mark in the first half Utah was down 17 (9:40 to be exact)
The turning point was at 2 minutes in the first half with ASU up 11. ASU missed 5 shots, Utah countered with 2 layups and a three pointers to cut it to 4 at the half.
Then opened the 2nd half with a three. All the momentum swung to Utah and they held serve from then on.

Great win. Next up....Wildcats at noon.

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The Thrill

01-05-2019, 07:00 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
ARIZONA
EFF
RANK

Donnie Tillman
Sedrick Barefield
Timmy Allen
Jayce Johnson
Both Gach
Novak Topalovic
Parker Van Dyke
Riley Battin
Charles Jones Jr

23
23
12
11
6
3
1
1
1

+8.5
+10.9
+1.3
+2.2
-1.5
-3.8
-6.1
-6.8
-0.1

Chase Jeter
Dylan Smith
Brandon Williams
Brandon Randolph
Ryan Luther
Ira Lee
Emmanuel Akot
Devonaire Doutrive
Justin Coleman

30
16
13
12
7
7
3
3
0

#4
#19
#29
#35

I was just thinking this morning that Utah hadn't played an Overtime game yet this season. You're welcome.

First the bad. Utah missed 23 shots, Arizona got 22 defensive rebounds. 96% defensive rebounding opportunity. That's crazy.
Yes, Utah got 3 offensive rebounds in the books but they were mostly team rebounds.
Arizona also attempted 30 free throws, +12 off the average Utah allows.

Utah pulled down 26 rebounds, tying a season low (Northwestern). Everything else was a pretty average game for Utah.
74 total possessions marks the second game over 70, this game did go into overtime.
Utah was actually +4 on possessions over Arizona.

Arizona shot 50.9% for the game, only the 5th team to shoot over 50% vs Utah.
Utah as a team shot 56.6% for the game. Second game over 50% and 52.4% from three, also consecutive games
The Arizona trip Utah was 59/110 53.6% shooting. That's crazy.

Combined the teams shot 53.8%, tying a season high 57/106 (same as Florida A&M game)
The 10 offensive rebounds combined were a season low for Utah game.
Utah was 1:4 ratio of turnovers per possession. When Utah is 1:5 TO:possessions or better they are 7-3. 0-4 when they don't

Utah lost their first game when getting 14 assists. 5-1 on the season.

You can see below Utah actually led for most of the game.

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The Thrill

01-12-2019, 10:43 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
WASHINGTON
EFF
RANK

Jayce Johnson
Timmy Allen
Both Gach
Novak Topalovic
Donnie Tillman
Sedrick Barefield
Riley Battin
Charles Jones Jr
Brandon Morley
Parker Van Dyke

19
13
8
7
6
4
3
3
-1
-3

+9.5
+2.1
+0.5
+0.2
-7.9
-7.6
-4.5
+1.8
-1.8
-9.4

David Crisp
Nahziah Carter
Sam Timmins
Noah Dickerson
Jaylen Nowell
Matisse Thybulle
Dominic Green
Jamal Bey
Hameir Wright

18
16
15
14
12
11
8
0
-3

#16
#20
#24
#27
#39

Washington is a solid, balanced team. 6/9 players had double figure efficiency and almost 7
They won't kill you with one guy, they hit you from all over the floor
Crisp went 5/13 from the floor 0/6 from inside the arc. 4 steals and 4 assists.

For the game they just outplayed Utah. 9 steals was a season high for a Utah opponent. Average is 5.3

Utah had 17 offensive rebounds (season high) but only shot 33% from the floor (season low)
20% from three 6/30 and 58% from the line 7/12. Effective shooting % for Utah was 38.3% (season low) average is 55%
Utah did get a season high 44 rebounds but mostly because they couldn't make a shot.
53 points was a season low for scoring for Utah (avg 74.1)

Utah was +8 on three point shots but -3 on makes, not a great recipe.
Overall Utah played a good game, ball just didn't go in the hoop.

The teams combined for 13 steals (tied season high at ASU) but shot a season low 37.6% 47/125 most of which was Utah. Washington shot 41.5% 27/65
The 20 made shots wasn't even a season low for Utah, 18 vs Northwestern and 19 vs BYU.

You can see below that Utah had the lead with just over 10 minutes in the first half, Tillman made a three to put Utah up 15-13 but it was all Washington after that.
Another slow start after halftime put Utah down 15 with 17:47 left 45-30 and that was it. Utah got it down to 5 points 47-42 with 13:00 left but ran out of gas.
They had their shots, and missed them

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Next up...Washington State. Utah needs to win this game.

The Thrill

01-13-2019, 09:07 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
WASHINGTON ST
EFF
RANK

Both Gach
Sedrick Barefield
Timmy Allen
Riley Battin
Charles Jones Jr
Jayce Johnson
Novak Topalovic
Parker Van Dyke
Donnie Tillman
Brandon Morley

18
17
17
16
12
11
9
9
5
0

+9.8
+5.1
+5.8
+8.0
+10.1
+1.4
+2.1
+2.4
-8.4
-0.8

Isaiah Wade
CJ Elleby
Viont'e Daniels
Marvin Cannon
Jeff Pollard
Ahmed Ali
Aljaz Kunc
Carter Skaggs
Davante Cooper
Jervae Robinson

14
13
9
7
4
4
3
3
3
-1

#27
#34

Washington State is really bad. When I had Utah going 1-17 in Pac12 play, this was the one win. Didn't fail.

I saw Washington St players pass balls off of their own feet, throw passes clear out of bounds and once they even talked a ref into taking out Timmy Allen.

Utah on the other hand played a great game. +35 points from the last game.

Washington State only made 5 shots from deep (season low for Utah opponent) and shot a season low 35.9%.
For the second game in a row Utah allowed 9 steals, that was the only negative for Utah.
Utah on the other hand had 11 steals +7 over their average and 5 blocks, double their average.
Utah was +13 on the defensive glass and 19% better from the field.
Washington State did have 75 possessions which tied the season high (ASU)
The 20 combined steals was double an average Utah game (9.6) but the 14 made three pointers combined tied a season low (NAZ, @Minn)

This was Both Gach second highest output (Kentucky 22 PER) and his 6th double digit PER. 14 pts was his third highest output.
Charles Jones also scored his second highest output (Miss Valley 13 PER) and as a good friend pointed out, Utah is now 2-0 when Charles Jones outscores Barefield.
Timmy Allen now has 10 double figure PER games (20 high FLAM)
Tillman played his worst game of the season 3/7 with 1 TO 0 assists 0 blocks 0 steals 4 rebounds, luckily they didn't need him.
Tillman still has the top two outputs of the season 27 PER vs Ms Valley St and 26 at ASU, more on that later.

You can see below Utah only trailed once, 2-0 :30 seconds into the game. Wazzu tied it at 11-11 with 12:04 in the first half and Utah took over from there.
The lead got as high as 30 at 62-32 with 13:19 left in the second half and Utah cruised to an 18 point win.

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Great time to get some days off, another winnable home game before a winnable Bay Area trip.

Go Utes!

The Thrill

01-13-2019, 09:35 AM

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The image below is the current ranking for the top 9 players on the team and where they rank in each main category.
Green = #1 Red = 8th or lower

i.e. Tillman is #1 on free throws made per game, defensive rebounds per game, rebounds per game and efficiency per game.

Interesting to note, Barefield has the most #1 spots with (9) but low in rebounds, turnovers, blocks, fouls and FG% making Tillman the better overall player by the numbers
Also interesting, as much flack as Jayce gets, he leads the team in 3 categories (offensive boards, blocks and shooting%)

Another interesting note, the top 9 players all rank #1 in at least 1 category.

The Thrill

01-13-2019, 09:55 AM

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You'll notice no Pac12 players until we get to 29 and 30th. Zion is just a man among boys.

The Thrill

01-13-2019, 10:10 AM

2496

Interesting that Jayce jumps up to 21.3 PER when accounting for 40 minutes.
Josh Sharma appears to be deserved of more playing time.
Sharma is playing 16 minutes, shooting 64% 8 points 5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks

The Thrill

01-21-2019, 06:59 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
COLORADO
EFF
RANK

Timmy Allen
Sedrick Barefield
Donnie Tillman
Jayce Johnson
Both Gach
Riley Battin
Charles Jones Jr
Parker Van Dyke
Brandon Morley
Brooks King
Marc Reininger
Beau Rydalch
Novak Topalovic

29
17
16
11
8
8
3
3
0
0
0
-1
-1

+16.7
+4.8
+2.5
+1.4
-0.2
---
+1.1
-3.4
-0.7
+0.1
---
-1.6
-7.5

Shane Gatling
Lucas Siewert
Daylen Kountz
D'Shawn Schwartz
Tyler Bey
Eli Parquet
Evan Battey
Alexander Strating
Namon Wright

16
15
12
11
8
1
1
0
-1

#20
#25

Hello Timmy Allen.
Utah season high, 29 PER. 10 rebounds, 21 points, 4 assists, 3 steals. That's the guy we heard so much about.
Sed led the team in scoring with 22 but 7/15 shooting dropped his PER to 17.

Utah was up 41-19 at half and coasted to a victory. Colorado tried to make it interesting,
Colorado was 1/6 from three in the first half and 5/11 in the second half

Colorado only had 10 assists, tied season low (Tulsa) and 1 block. Utah allows 4 blocks per game
Utah tied a season high in free throw attempts with 29 and blocks with 5. In fact, 10 blocks over the past 2 games.
30% of Utah season blocks have come in the last 3 games (17.6% of season).

Utah was +5 on steals and +4 on blocks (both season highs).
Colorado didn't look great but they were blitzed and shell-shocked in the first half and never recovered
Utah actually took 9 less shots than Colorado but they had the same number of possessions, meaning Colorado had +3 offensive boards.

The turning point was early. Utah was up 12-7. Utah got 6 steals in three minutes. Two ally-oop dunks and the lead ballooned to 21-7 in those three minutes.
Utah pushed it up to 24 at the 5 minute mark at 37-13 and reached a lead of 28 with 16:35 in the second half at 49-21.
Colorado made a huge push and cut it to 10 with 3:28 and eventually a final deficit of 9.

2497

Next up.....Bay Area trip.

The Thrill

01-26-2019, 05:21 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
STANFORD
EFF
RANK

Sedrick Barefield
Jayce Johnson
Donnie Tillman
Both Gach
Timmy Allen
Parker Van Dyke
Charles Jones Jr
Novak Topalovic
Riley Battin

16
13
10
9
9
8
5
2
-3

+3.6
+3.2
-3.3
+0.8
-3.1
+1.6
+2.9
-4.2
-10.4

Josh Sharma
Daejon Davis
KZ Okpala
Bryce Wills
Jaiden Delaire
Oscar Da Silva
Marcus Sheffield
Isaac White
Lukas Kisunas

18
16
13
11
10
4
0
0
0

#16
#21

Well, this only happens maybe once a year. Stanford had a better efficiency score but lost the game.
Utah stole this one.

Utah won this game shooting from three. 64.3% was a season high 9/14 (14 attempts was a season low)
Stanford was only 4/17 (4 was a season low for makes for an opponent)

Utah was -5 for shot attempts
-6 offensive rebounds
-10 in blocks (10:0 by the way)
-7 in rebounds
-1.8% at the free throw line
only 40% off assists from made shots
...however, Utah was +40.8% from deep. Ballgame

21 combined assists was a season low for a Utah game.
The teams combined for 13/31 from deep, both season lows.

You can see below, neither team got a lead bigger than 6. 11 lead changes. Tied 10 times. This was a good game to watch.
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The Thrill

01-27-2019, 01:26 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
CALIFORNIA
EFF
RANK

Timmy Allen
Both Gach
Sedrick Barefield
Jayce Johnson
Parker Van Dyke
Riley Battin
Novak Topalovic
Donnie Tillman

27
17
15
13
10
6
4
0

+14.1
+8.3
+2.4
+3.0
+3.4
-1.3
-2.1
-12.6

Justice Sueing
Matt Bradley
Andre Kelly
Darius McNeill
Juhwan Harris-Dyson
Grant Anticevich
Connor Vanover
Jacobi Gordon
Paris Austin

24
12
11
11
4
3
2
-1
-4

#6

Timmy Allen notched his second career double-double, both in the past week.
He now holds the #1 and #2 spots for efficiency high in a Utah game.

Cal is not a good team. Sueing is good and that's about it.
Utah pulled a season high 32 defensive rebounds and grabbed 94.1% of defensive rebound opportunities
The 5 offensive rebounds by Cal wasn't a season low for Utah opponent but 5 under the average allowed.

Utah only shot 3/9 from the free throw line, 33.3% was a season low, 3 makes was also a season low.
Utah registered an assist on 39.4% of all made shots, that was a season low for Utah. Average is 55.7%
Utah did make 33 shots which was only 2 off their season high, around the likes of Mississippi Valley and Washington St.
Again, the Bears aren't very good this year.

Utah was +8 on turnovers but -17% from the line. Otherwise Utah wins this by 30.
They were +17 on rebounds, second highest to Florida A&M and the 18 point win ties the third largest defeat with Washington St.

The teams combined for a season low 8/19 from the line, both lows. Combined 42.1% also a season low, but it didn't matter to Utah.
They owned the glass and made 4 more threes and 8 more shots. Ballgame.
The announcers kept alluding to the 50/50 balls, I don't track that but Utah dominated that stat.

Utah got down early but after the 8:35 mark in the first half and a PVD three Utah never looked back
Cal made a push to end the first half but Utah quickly pushed it to 14 at the 15:32 mark on a Sed three 58-44 and Utah coasted to a victory.

2500

Big week versus the very beatable Oregon teams. Don't look now but Utah is in 2nd place in the Pac12.

The Thrill

01-27-2019, 01:28 PM

Player
Team
FG
FT
3P
Reb
Ast
Stl
Blk
TO
Pts
Eff

#1
Timmy Allen
Colorado
6/9
9/13
0/0
10
4
2
3
0
21
29

#2
Donnie Tillman
Mississippi Valley
5/8
0/0
2/5
9
7
1
3
0
12
27

#2
Timmy Allen
@California
7/9
2/5
1/1
12
4
1
0
0
17
27

#4
Donnie Tillman
@Arizona State
6/11
4/5
6/8
6
5
1
0
0
22
26

#5
Parker Van Dyke
Florida A&M
7/9
0/0
6/8
4
2
2
2
0
20
24

#6
Sedrick Barefield
@Arizona
10/17
1/2
5/9
1
4
3
3
0
26
23

#6
Donnie Tillman
@Arizona
7/10
4/5
3/5
3
4
2
1
0
21
23

#8
Sedrick Barefield
*Grand Canyon
9/16
4/5
4/8
2
3
1
0
0
26
22

#8
Both Gach
@Kentucky
8/10
2/2
4/6
3
1
3
1
0
22
22

#8
Sedrick Barefield
Nevada
10/15
7/9
6/10
0
0
5
1
0
33
22

#8
Sedrick Barefield
@Arizona State
8/15
3/4
5/11
4
6
5
1
0
24
22

#12
Timmy Allen
Florida A&M
6/8
4/5
0/0
4
4
2
1
0
16
20

#13
Vante Hendrix
@Minnesota
4/6
4/5
2/4
4
4
0
0
0
14
19

#13
Parker Van Dyke
Mississippi Valley
6/9
0/0
4/7
3
2
1
1
1
16
19

#13
Jayce Johnson
Tulsa
5/7
2/7
0/0
12
1
0
0
1
12
19

#13
Sedrick Barefield
Florida A&M
4/5
4/4
4/4
3
3
2
0
0
16
19

#13
Timmy Allen
@Arizona State
5/10
7/8
0/0
3
4
1
2
0
17
19

#13
Jayce Johnson
Washington
4/7
4/7
0/0
8
1
0
1
3
12
19

#19
Donnie Tillman
Maine
6/8
1/1
2/3
5
1
1
0
0
15
18

#19
Riley Battin
Northern Arizona
5/9
1/1
2/4
5
4
0
0
0
13
18

#19
Both Gach
Washington State
6/7
0/0
2/3
3
4
4
2
0
14
18

The Thrill

02-03-2019, 09:42 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
OREGON
EFF
RANK

Donnie Tillman
Jayce Johnson
Timmy Allen
Parker Van Dyke
Sedrick Barefield
Riley Battin
Both Gach
Novak Topalovic
Charles Jones Jr

21
16
13
8
7
6
0
0
-3

+8.3
+5.6
-0.5
+1.5
-5.3
-1.0
-7.8
-5.6
-5.0

Will Richardson
Ehab Amin
Payton Pritchard
Paul White
Kenny Wooten
Louis King
Miles Norris
Francis Okoro
Victor Bailey Jr.

24
16
15
11
8
7
6
4
3

#7
#25
#32

Oregon had 11 steals, season high for Utah opponent.
Plus, the Ducks did a really good job on the offensive glass, 35.5% of all opportunities. Season avg is 30.2%
Utah had 17 turnovers which was +4 over their average. Ballgame.

Richardson was very efficient. missed 4 shots, 0 turnovers, 3 blocks, 5 rebounds. Overall great game.
For Utah, Tillman had a great game going 4/5 from deep but he didn't take a single shot inside the arc.
When your beefy 3 is shooting from deep, something seems off. He needs to be imposing his size inside.

Oregon only had 10 assists but they didn't need them. They had +2 possessions and shot +24% better from the line.
Utah was only 13/23 from the line and they are 16/32 in the last 2 games 50%, terrible.
If they shoot 80% from the line, Utah wins.
If they make 2 less bad passes, Utah wins.
If they grab two more defensive boards, Utah wins.

The turning point was at the 6:22 mark in the first half. JJ just made two free throws to put Utah up 14 at 30-16. 8 Utah turnovers later and Oregon ends the half on a 22-4 run.
Oregon continued into the second half for 12 minutes and at the 7:37 mark in the 2nd half, Oregon was up 60-47. That would conclude a 44-17 run for Oregon and they coasted to the victory.

2502

The Thrill

02-03-2019, 10:03 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
OREGON ST
EFF
RANK

Timmy Allen
Sedrick Barefield
Jayce Johnson
Charles Jones Jr
Donnie Tillman
Parker Van Dyke
Riley Battin
Novak Topalovic
Both Gach

26
13
12
6
5
2
2
1
-1

+12.5
+0.7
+1.6
+4.0
-7.7
-4.5
-5.0
-4.6
-8.8

Tres Tinkle
Kylor Kelley
Ethan Thompson
Stephen Thompson Jr.
Antoine Vernon
Gligorije Rakocevic
Alfred Hollins
Zach Reichle

31
20
14
11
8
6
4
1

#4
#14
#37

Oregon St was the aggressor and went to the line, often, and won. 26/32 from the line were both season highs for Utah opponent.
Utah allows on the season 13.4/18.7 from the line 71.7%. Beavers shot 81.3%
Utah had 23 personal fouls +5 off their season average

Utah only had 18 defensive rebounds, meaning Oregon State picked up 46.2% off all offensive rebounding opportunities.
Allowing a team over 30% typically means bad things, 46.2% is a season high for Utah opponent.
The Beavs only had 10 assists, second game in a row Utah did that. Meaning their defense has actually been pretty good, it's the second chance and fouls that killed them.
Plus, Utah couldn't couldn't hit anything from the 13:24 mark to 9:32, felt like they were stuck on 9 forever. See highlighted area below.

2503

Utah only picked up 18 defensive rebounds, season low tying Kentucky. Utah actually had 7 more shot attempts than Oregon State but made the same 25.
Utah was positive on three point makes but -4% on makes. The turnover margin wasn't a factor in this game, Utah did do a better job from the Oregon game but the hustle points were low.
Offensive rebounds, steals and blocks were all in the negative for Utah.

Oregon St was +9 on blocked shots. Utah has only won the blocked shot category 6 out of 21 games. For being such a big team they really fail at having an inside defensive presence.
The two teams combined for 57 free throw attempts but 32 of those were Oregon State. Having that many fouls, 44 (third highest of the season), really killed any rhythm for Utah.
The 11 three point makes combined was a season low for a Utah game.
This game was won by Oregon State out hustling Utah, getting to the line and being the aggressor on defense. Remember when Utah used to be that team?

I also remember when Tres Tinkle committed to Utah, that would've been nice. Sigh.

The turning point I already mentioned, 13:24 the score was tied at 9. 4 minutes later Oregon State was up 23-9 and held on from there.
Utah did cut it to 4 with 2:13 left but Tres Tinkle hit a dagger from three to put Oregon State up for good at 74-67 with 1:40 remaining.
Larry K said that this team tends to dwell on bad moments, they hang their head and can't let go. He didn't want to blame youth but I will.
This team will learn from a loss like this that one play won't win the game but thinking about that one play will lose the game.

2504

Tough to lose 2 winnable games at home just before the toughest 5 game stretch of the season. 0-7 is a real possibility. Sigh

The Thrill

02-16-2019, 02:43 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
@USC
EFF
RANK

Jayce Johnson
Riley Battin
Both Gach
Parker Van Dyke
Sedrick Barefield
Donnie Tillman
Timmy Allen
Novak Topalovic

24
13
12
11
10
8
6
-1

+12.8
+4.9
+4.0
+4.1
-2.4
-3.9
-7.8
-6.0

Jonah Mathews
Bennie Boatwright
Nick Rakocevic
Shaqquan Aaron
Derryck Thornton
Kevin Porter Jr.
Elijah Weaver
J'Raan Brooks
Victor Uyaelunmo

17
16
16
9
4
4
3
1
1

#25
#27
#27

The Jayce Johnson show.
5/8 shooting, 3/5 from the line, 13 rebounds 1 block, 0 turnovers

USC took a season high 71 shots but only had a season low 6 turnovers for a Utah opponent
1/9 possessions resulted in a turnover for USC, season low for Utah game.

The positives, USC was only 7/11 from the line and only 12 assists.
Utah on the other hand had 32 defensive rebounds, tying their season high (@Cal and Maine)
Utah actually dominated this game in every category but the +9 turnovers kept it close.

Utah led the entire game, USC never got closer than 7 after the 10 minute mark in the 1st half

2508

The Thrill

02-16-2019, 02:59 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
@UCLA
EFF
RANK

Timmy Allen
Riley Battin
Sedrick Barefield
Jayce Johnson
Parker Van Dyke
Both Gach
Donnie Tillman
Novak Topalovic
Charles Jones Jr

27
26
17
16
12
7
0
0
-2

+13.2
+17.9
+4.6
+4.8
+5.1
-1.0
-11.9
-5.0
-3.7

Jaylen Hands
Jalen Hill
Cody Riley
Jules Bernard
Kris Wilkes
Chris Smith
David Singleton
Prince Ali

35
16
15
11
8
8
6
3

#2
#27
#377

PVFD!!!

As much of the heroics go to Parker Van Dyke and the buzzer beater, Allen and Battin were awesome and underappreciated.

Allen - 9/11 shooting, 4/4 from the line, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
Battin - 7/10 shooting, 2/5 from three, 2/3 from the line, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists.

Without those guys, Utah doesn't win. Great team effort and comeback.
UCLA had 20 assists and 95 points, both season highs for Utah opponent
75 Possessions was also a season high, +8 average
UCLA only had 3 offensive boards, credit Utah. Utah grabbed 92% of all defensive rebounding opportunities. Average is 79.2%

Utah took 69 shots (season high), 36 three point attempts (season high), 23 assists (season high) and 78 possessions (season high)
Utah was +16 in shot attempts and +8 on the offensive glass. Utah won this game on determination and hustle (rebounds and second chance)

The teams combined for 6 game highs for the season (64 shots made, 43 assists, 185 points, 208 efficiency, 1.72 assists/turnover and 153 possessions)

You've probably heard this 100 times but Utah led for a total of 0:00, and won the game

The turning point will go down in Utah history as one of the greatest game ending shots for Utah and Parker Van Dyke.

2509

The Thrill

02-16-2019, 03:47 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
ARIZONA
EFF
RANK

Jayce Johnson
Parker Van Dyke
Timmy Allen
Donnie Tillman
Sedrick Barefield
Both Gach
Brandon Morley
Riley Battin
Novak Topalovic

22
21
21
10
9
4
4
4
0

+10.3
+13.5
+6.9
-1.8
-3.3
-3.8
+3.3
-3.9
-4.8

Ryan Luther
Ira Lee
Devonaire Doutrive
Alex Barcello
Dylan Smith
Chase Jeter
Justin Coleman
Brandon Randolph
Jake DesJardins
Matt Weyand

15
15
13
11
10
7
2
1
0
0

Great overall game from everybody. PVD again rocked it from deep, JJ and Allen played excellent
Parker is 15/26 from deep during this 3 game win streak, 57.7%!

Van Dyke - 7/11 from the field, 7/10 from deep
Johnson - 8/10 from the field, 10 rebounds
Allen - 4/6 from the field, 6/7 from the line, 6 rebounds, 0 turnovers

Jayce is 17/27 in the past 3 games, 33 rebounds and 39 points

Timmy Allen 6 of the top 20 performances for efficiency on the season (including #1, #2 (x2) and #5)
Allen's high of 29 is still the best for a Utah player this season

Utah really shut down Jeter in this game. Jeter had a 30 PER in Arizona but only a 7 on Thursday.
Jeter - 3/7 from the field, 6 rebounds and 5 fouls.

Arizona only had 9 assists, season low, after Utah gave up 20 @UCLA (season high). First time all year Utah held a team under 10 assists
Arizona also only had 1 block. Utah also forced 25 personal fouls (season high)
Arizona only had a 32.1% assist to shot ratio (average is 49.5% )

Utah didn't do anything spectacular but control the ball and win the game. Utah finally shot over 50% for the first time in 6 games.
Season shooting average now at 47.1%.
Utah was 10/24 from three and marked only the 9th time Utah reached 40% from deep (8-1 in those games - @Arizona Utah shot 52.4% and lost)

Utah was -9 on personal fouls and +9/+10 from the line. Utah won by 7 so you could easily point to this as the difference in the game.
Plus PVD going 7/10 from deep.

The turning point in this game was a 5 minute stretch at the 10:41 mark in the second half.
PVD three x2, JJ dunks x2, a couple Allen free throws, a Tillman layup and a three from Ced and Utah went from up 1 at 50-49 to up 16 with 6:27 to play. Ballgame.

Arizona cut it back to 5 with a few seconds remaining but Utah held on for the win.

2510

The Thrill

02-16-2019, 03:55 PM

Side note, season double-doubles so far
Jayce Johnson 3
Timmy Allen 2

Applejack

02-16-2019, 04:35 PM

Thanks for these, thrill.

The Thrill

02-19-2019, 07:03 PM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
ARIZONA ST
EFF
RANK

Parker Van Dyke
Timmy Allen
Both Gach
Jayce Johnson
Sedrick Barefield
Brandon Morley
Donnie Tillman
Charles Jones Jr
Novak Topalovic
Riley Battin
Brooks King
Marc Reininger
Beau Rydalch

18
15
11
11
11
8
8
5
2
2
0
0
-1

+10.1
+0.9
+3.1
-0.6
-1.2
+7.0
-3.7
+3.2
-2.7
-5.7
--
--
-1.4

Zylan Cheatham
Rob Edwards
Remy Martin
Luguentz Dort
Romello White
Kimani Lawrence
Elias Valtonen
Taeshon Cherry
Vitaliy Shibel

29
27
20
20
6
3
2
1
-1

#7
#8
#17
#17

4 man show at ASU beat Utah. Cheatham, Edwards, Martin and Dort accounted for 85.7% of their efficiency and 86.7% of their points.

98 points and 112 efficiency wer both season highs. Only 2 other games did Utah allow 90+ points (Hawaii and @UCLA)
Only 3 other games did Utah allow +100 efficiency (Minnesota, Hawaii and Kentucky)

34 shots made tied the season high (Kentucky)
Refs were busy, ASU had a season high 26 fouls called on them In fact, Utah usually forces 18.9 fouls per game but 25.5 over the last 2
Barefield, Tillman and Allen are getting to the line a lot more as of late. That tells me they feel more comfortable in the offense and ahead of the defense.

With that said Utah could not match up with ASU. They were more aggressive on the boards +11, and +6 on offensive glass. They were better with control of the ball -3 on turnovers and shot better from 3. +2 from deep and +10% shooting.

The teams combined for 60 free throw attempts and the 185 points tied the UCLA game. Both teams shot over 50% (Utah 53.8% ASU 54.0% combined for 53.9% season high)

Except for an early 2-0 lead by Utah ASU lead the entire game. Utah never got closer than the 5 point deficit at half. The turning point was late, with about 2:36 remaining.
Utah had cut the lead to 7 off of a Both Gach three at 87-80 but a foul by Morely on Edwards who made 2 free throws and a Barefield turnover and ASU layup pushed the lead back to 11 at 91-80 and ASU never looked back.
That Barefield turnover with 2:28 remaining really had a huge impact in the game.

2512

Next up, Washington's on the road. Not going to be an easy week.

The Thrill

02-23-2019, 09:41 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
WASHINGTON
EFF
RANK

Riley Battin
Beau Rydalch
Jayce Johnson
Both Gach
Donnie Tillman
Parker Van Dyke
Sedrick Barefield
Brooks King
Marc Reininger
Novak Topalovic
Brandon Morley
Charles Jones Jr

11
8
6
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
-1
-3

+3.2
+7.3
-5.4
-4.7
-9.3
-5.7
-9.8
--
--
-4.5
-1.9
-4.6

Matisse Thybulle
Nahziah Carter
Jaylen Nowell
David Crisp
Noah Dickerson
Dominic Green
Hameir Wright
Elijah Hardy
Jason Crandall
Sam Timmins
Quin Barnard
Travis Rice
Jamal Bey

21
12
11
9
8
8
3
2
1
0
0
0
-1

#17

Yes, Riley Battin and Beau Rydalch led the Utes. Nothing against those guys, but Utah isn't winning with those 2.
Yes, Timmy Allen was out with a bad back.
Yes, Washington is the #1 team in the conference.
Yes, Utah has a long ways to go still

Season lows for Utah in this game
14 shots made
7 assists
45 points
31 efficiency (avg is 82.2)

28% field goal shooting
.39 assists to turnover, meaning 4 assists to every 10 turnovers
36% effective field goal percentage
-46 efficiency difference (-39 vs Kentucky and BYU)
-29.5% free throw difference
-6 on defensive rebounds
+9 turnovers (second to +11 vs Nevada)
37 combined shots made
14 combined assists
107 combined points
108 combined efficiency
34.6% combined shooting 37/107
37.8% assists to shots 14 combined assists on 37 combined made shots
123 total possessions (second to 121 vs Kentucky)

Washington didn't play an amazing game, but better. Only 4 makes from three and only 7 assists.
This game was slow. 61 possessions for Washington was a season low, 64 in the first game

With 4:18 in the first half, Utah was up 25-22 after a Riley Battin jumper.
Utah finally broke the 30 point mark with 8:50 to go in the 2nd half, now down 46-32
In 15:28 Utah scored 7 points (see below)

2514

The turning point was mentioned above. Tough to win when you average 1 point every 2 minutes. That's a 20 point pace
Contrast that to the final 3 minutes at UCLA where Utah scored 25 points, 8 points every 1 minute or a 333 point pace
Obviously, all things being equal....it was bound to balance itself out.

2515

The Thrill

02-24-2019, 03:36 AM

UTAH
EFF
+/-
WASHINGTON ST
EFF
RANK

Sedrick Barefield
Donnie Tillman
Parker Van Dyke
Riley Battin
Jayce Johnson
Both Gach
Charles Jones Jr
Novak Topalovic

29
25
20
11
9
5
4
4

+16.5
+13.2
+11.9
+3.1
-2.3
-2.6
+2.3
-0.5

Robert Franks
Viont'e Daniels
Marvin Cannon
CJ Elleby
Isaiah Wade
Ahmed Ali
Aljaz Kunc
Davante Cooper
Jervae Robinson

32
20
12
11
2
2
1
0
-3

#3
#19

Utah's big three. Allen missed his second straight game and Sed, Donnie and PVD all stepped up.

Turnovers and three point shooting was the name of this game

Utah only had 7 turnovers and a 2.6:1.0 assist/turnover ratio, season high.
Utah was also 1:9 turnovers per possession, also a season high.

Utah had allowed 12 made threes in two other games, Kentucky and Nevada...both losses.
The difference between this game and those games...was turnovers and three point shooting.

Utah shot 45.7% from deep 16/35, not even season highs...but 2nd best makes and 5th best percentage (9/14 vs Stanford tops)
For only the 5th time all season, Utah had less turnovers than their opponent. -4 turnovers was a season high.

The teams combined for 28/61 from deep, both season highs for a Utah game.

Magic numbers
11 - When Utah makes 11 three pointers they are 5-0 on the season
28 - When Utah gets 28 defensive rebounds they are 12-1
14 - When Utah gets 14 assists they are 11-1
11 - When Utah commits 11 or less turnovers they are 5-0
47% - When Utah shoots 47% or better they are 12-2
36% - When Utah shoots 36% or better from three they are 13-1

The turning point was at the 6:27 mark in the first half. Utah was down 5 at 31-26. Van Dyke hit a three to cut it to 2, Utah forced 2 turnovers and 2 missed shots while on the other end Barefield hit a layup and Parker hit another three.
The lead was pushed to 7 at 40-33 with 4:28 and Utah never looked back.

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The Thrill

03-03-2019, 06:21 PM

UTES
EFF
+/-
COLORADO
EFF
RANK

Sedrick Barefield
Donnie Tillman
Jayce Johnson
Timmy Allen
Parker Van Dyke
Novak Topalovic
Riley Battin
Brandon Morley
Charles Jones Jr
Both Gach

15
14
14
11
9
5
2
1
0
-5

+2.4
+2.1
+2.6
-2.0
+0.8
+0.5
-5.7
+0.1
-1.6
-12.2

Tyler Bey
D'Shawn Schwartz
Evan Battey
McKinley Wright IV
Alexander Strating
Shane Gatling
Lucas Siewert
Daylen Kountz

27
16
14
8
4
3
3
3

#9

Utah didn't play terrible, ball just didn't go in the hoop.

5 makes from three and 19.2% were both a season high. In an 8 point loss that means if they make 9 (team average) they win by 4.

90.9% from the free throw line 10/11 was a season high

Colorado only took 15 shots from three, but that's not their game. 17 shots in the first game.
This game was a little slow, 4 possessions less than average and the team only combined for 10 makes from three (season low)
Also combined for 24.4% from deep, also a season low for a Utah game.

Not a whole lot to this game. Colorado won this game by getting to the line +6 makes and getting Utah to miss from three.
That's about it.

Tyler Bey played great. Scoring the 9th best efficiency of the season vs Utah. 7/10 from the field, 17 points, 10 rebounds 3 assists, 1 steal and block and only 1 turnover.

The turning point was the 10:32 point in the first half.
Utah missed nine shots, including 3 layups and within ten minutes a 14-14 game turned into a 21-14 deficit.
Utah got as close as 4 in the second half at 42-38 with 15:38 remaining but 4 more missed shots and 2 turnovers later and Colorado was up 11 at 51-40 with 11:02 remaining.
Ballgame

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